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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual with erect culms 25–120 cm. high. Leaf laminae 8–24 cm. long and 6–20 mm. wide, linear-lanceolate, cordate, acute or acuminate. Panicle 10–20(30) cm. long, oblong, finely branched. Spikelets 2.5–3.7 mm. long, oblong, glabrous; inferior glume 1/4 the length of the spikelet, cuff-like, membranous 1-sub-7-nerved; superior glume 9-nerved; inferior lemma 9-nerved, enclosing a male flower, its palea well developed; superior lemma smooth or scaberulous towards the apex. |
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| Habitat: | Swamps and damp areas in bushland or wooded grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 26 - 27. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 107. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 142. |
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